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The Crush winemakers (see Saturday) Monday, June 8th: Tasted six wines from Hester Creek from Oliver, BC. Hester Creek Ti Amo 2025 A blend of Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat. Pale straw-ivory in colour with a gentle mousse of fine bubbles; aromatic nose of melon and peach with a tangerine notes; light-bodied, dry, easy drinking,…

Tonight’s white wine review is a lovely blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gros Manseng from Southwest France, that is a brand new arrival at the LCBO, landing in Ontario as part of last weekend’s LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection on June 6th. Like the delicious 2022 Maison Fontan Tattoo T&M Rouge I tasted in December,…

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it ‘From the Cellar’. It will be similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines…

Kim Uncorked: Welcome to my weekly wine recommendation. Hi, I’m Kim, a passionate lover of wine, food, and any experience that brings the two together! In this weekly blog post, I share my thoughts on a wine that I’ve recently purchased from one of our local independent wine merchants. If you’d like to know more…

Tonight’s sparkling wine review is a beautiful bubbly that was locally crafted in Niagara using the traditional method. It returned to the LCBO in last weekend’s June 6th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Jackson-Triggs, one of Canada’s most recognizable wine brands. It was established as a wine brand in 1993 by…

Photo: Lynzee Schatz (courtesy of Chronos Wines Four years before he died in 2019, Harry McWatters launched the Time Winery in downtown Penticton, converting an old movie theatre. The facility now has a wine production area, a tasting room and a restaurant. It became what one would call a destination winery. Unfortunately, the winery went…

Reading Time: 6 minutes When the devastating January 2024 freeze swept through British Columbia’s vineyards, River Stone Estate Winery faced the same difficult question confronting wineries across the province: how do you continue making wine when much of your crop is gone? Earlier this year, I updated this trend in my article, Crafted in BC…

In a 2026 study led by Emanuela Granata and colleagues in organic orchards and vineyards in northern Italy, researchers found that artificial nest boxes effectively support insect-eating cavity-nesting birds and may improve natural pest control when combined with diverse landscape features. Headline Findings: Artificial nest boxes increased nesting opportunities for cavity-nesting birds in organic orchards…

Reading Time: 3 minutes New signage strengthens visitor confidence and supports exploration across the agricultural destination SUMMERLAND, BC – Visitors touring Summerland’s wineries, cideries, breweries, and distilleries this season will experience a clearer, more confident journey thanks to a new wayfinding signage system developed by Bottleneck Drive in partnership with the Economic Trust of the Southern…

Nestled at the foot of the Alps in northwestern Italy, Piedmont—Piemonte in Italian, meaning “at the foot of the mountains”—is one of the country’s most complex and storied wine regions. Bordered by the Alps to the north and west and the Apennines to the south, its dramatic landscape creates a mosaic of mesoclimates that have…